Vincent Noce
Unesco at 70: fit for a purpose
Once the idealistic creation of intellectuals, Unesco is now dominated by diplomats and hamstrung by budget collapse, the debasement of its gold-standard heritage lists by narrow economic and nationalist interests, and a huge and rigid governance structure
Picasso Museum reborn—again
After a troubled renovation, Paris museum unveils rehang and new exhibition programme with a contemporary twist
Swiss dealer faces charges as judge investigates €36m Picasso sales
Yves Bouvier, whose bail set at €27m, denies wrongdoing
Rare manuscripts to be sold as world’s largest private collection is liquidated
Bank gets €28m from sale of Paris mansion
Senior arts appointments nothing short of a French farce
A row over the appointment of a new head for the Ecole des Beaux-Arts is just the latest in a string of scandals over plum arts jobs
Louvre’s superstore to go ahead despite protests
Architects founded by Richard Rogers picked for long-planned project to move collections from Paris to site near Louvre-Lens
Louvre Abu Dhabi will not open until the end of 2016
Year-long delay confirmed by museum’s president in Paris this week
Battle of the fashion foundations: Prada vs Louis Vuitton
How the new contemporary art spaces in Paris and Milan measure up
Plot thickens in alleged Picasso theft case
In addition to two portraits of Jacqueline Picasso, more than 60 other works are believed to have gone missing from a storage facility in Paris suburb
Russian billionaire’s family trust joins Picasso heir in accusations against leading art dealer
Olivier Thomas is released from police custody, while Yves Bouvier denies all allegations
Cleveland Museum of Art returns Hanuman sculpture to Cambodia
Statue of the Hindu monkey-god was looted ‘in all likelihood’
French collectors hand back gold to China they had given to Musée Guimet
Concerns raised after François Pinault returns looted artefacts as diplomatic gesture
Refuge among dancing trees: Vincent Noce on the French pavilion in Venice
The artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot show is a refuge from the biennale frenzy
Louvre president shows solidarity with Iraq and Tunisia
Jean-Luc Martinez says attacks on cultural heritage marks "turning point" for universal museums
Leonardo’s muse keeps her secrets as portrait returns to Milan
Thinning the painting’s varnish reveals La Belle Ferronnière's fine features, but French experts unable to confirm her identity
The message about looted art is finally getting through as Cambodia is inundated with returned loot
The restitution of Cambodian statues by major museums and auction houses is an encouraging sign
Light is finally being shed on the issue of restitution of looted art
The restitution of Cambodian statues by major museums and auction houses is an encouraging sign
The Cambodian art smuggling scandal that’s ready to erupt
The Metropolitan Museum may not be the last institution to return looted sculptures